// Returns true if a head was cut off *and* the wound was cauterized,
    // in which case the cauterization was the ego effect, so don't burn
    // the hydra some more.

        return (true);

        return (!defender->alive());

// Returns true if a head got lopped off.

// Returns true if the attack cut off a head *and* cauterized it.

                    return (true);

        return (true);